Cooking Vegetarian: 2,600+ Recipes

Cold minty yogurt soup — podina dahi shorba — is my rescue recipe for hot afternoons: five minutes of work, then the fridge does the rest. It is nothing more than creamy yogurt whirled with peeled, seeded cucumber, toasted hazelnuts, fresh mint, and dry-roasted cumin....

Louki hari matar shorba, a bottle gourd and green pea soup, is my go-to light dinner when I want something warm but not heavy. The gourd and peas simmer in a tomato broth perfumed with cloves, cinnamon, and gentle ground spices, then get a silky finish of cream. Start...

Laphra vyanjana — mustard-flavored mixed vegetable soup — is the bowl I make when ordinary vegetable soup feels too polite. Its backbone is a pungent paste of black mustard seeds, green chilies, ginger, and blanched peanuts, mellowed with turmeric, ground coriander,...

Wholesome whole grain and vegetable soup — sabji shorba — is the bowl I make when I want dinner to actually stick with me. Six grains and legumes (soaked split peas, barley, wheat and rye berries, plus long-grain and wild rice) simmer into something almost creamy,...

Authentic garden tomato soup — tamatar shorba — gets its secret brightness from a whole apple simmered right in with a kilogram of ripe tomatoes. Forget everything you know about canned tomato soup! One taste of this authentic Garden Tomato Soup, or Tamatar Shorba,...

Gobhi aloo dum — deep-fried cauliflower and potatoes in spiced tomato broth — is celebration food: crisp-fried vegetables folded into a creamy cashew and poppy seed tomato gravy. There's a special kind of magic in 'Dum' cooking—the slow, sealed-pot method that...

Ananas hari matar shorba — pineapple and green pea soup — is an unexpected sweet-tangy bowl thickened with almonds, cashews, and coconut and scented with saffron. Pineapple and green peas... in a soup? I know what you're thinking, because I thought it too! But trust...

Tomato broth with spicy paparh noodles — paparh shorba — is playful cooking: crisp lentil wafers slipped into a bright, ginger-and-chili tomato broth until they turn slurpable. There's a special kind of magic in turning a humble pantry staple into a show-stopping...

Sweet 'n' sour broth with cabbage and carrots — bandhgobhi gajar shorba — is a light, dal-thickened soup where shredded cabbage and sliced carrots simmer in a cumin-and-curry-leaf broth. Craving a soup that's both comforting and cleansing? Look no further!...

Panir maharani — fried paneer in seasoned tomato stock — dresses golden, flour-dusted panir cubes in a light cumin-and-tomato broth for a two-serving dish that feels banquet-fancy. Craving a paneer dish that’s both comforting and refreshingly light? Meet Panir...

Louki shorba — zucchini in a light tomato broth — comes together in twenty-five minutes yet tastes slow-cooked, thanks to tomato paste caramelized in ghee and roasted cumin. When summer's heat makes heavy curries feel like too much, this Louki Shorba is the answer....